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  1. Albemarle County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is Charlottesville, which is an independent city and enclave entirely surrounded by the county. [2] Albemarle County is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was ...

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    Bible Records

    For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records. 1. Brown Family Bible, Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia. By Bessie Z. Edwards. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):77-78. FS Library US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg; digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). 2. 1607-2007 Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images 3. Papers, Military and Political, 1775-1778, of George Gilmer, M.D., of "Pen Park...

    Business, Commerce, and Occupations

    1. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. By George Barton Cutten. 1952. Richmond, Virginia : The Dietz Press, Incorporated. Online at: Hathitrust; At various libraries (WorldCat). 2. Albemarle County, 1746, [Liquor Rates for 1746]. By Mrs. Senner Higginbotham Macfarlane. 1927. The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr., 1927), p. 136. Online at: JSTOR. 3. List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe w...

    Cemeteries

    1. 1800-1986 Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images 2. Cocke Cemetery, Albemarle Co., VA By Elizabeth G. Lea. 1965. National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Sep. 1965):216. FS Library Book 973 B2ng v. 53.

    Archives

    Listed below are archives in Albemarle County. For state-wide facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.

    FamilySearch Centers

    FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map- search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries 1. FamilySearch Centersprovide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites. 2. FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to mostcenter-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center. Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries 1. Charlottesville Virginia FamilySearch Center 2. Wa...

    Libraries

    Listed below are libraries in Albemarle County. For state-wide library facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries. Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society 200 2nd Street Northeast Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 Website Alderman Library, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22904 Website Central Virginia Genealogical Association

    Listed below are societies in Albemarle County. For state-wide genealogical and historical societies, see Virginia Societies.

    Compiled genealogies are a good place to start research for this area, see Albemarle County, Virginia Genealogy.If you are researching families who lived in Albemarle County, Virginia between the 1750s and 1790s, the Sparacios' books are a great time saver. They comprehensively index several publications covering that period: 1. Surname Index of An...

  2. Jul 19, 2023 · St. Anne's Parish has served Albemarle County, Virginia. Old Ballenger Church, now a ruin, and The Forge Church fell within the bounds of this parish.[1]

  3. Albemarle County Virginia Images of Wills, Estates, Marriages. The county seat is Charlottesville. The county was named in honor of Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle and titular Governor of Virginia at the time.

  4. Jan 1, 2007 · The first English explorer to become a settler in North Carolina, then known as Albemarle, was a trader named Nathaniel Batts. He bought his land from the American Indians in 1660. Having traded with the Indians since the 1650s, Batts set an example of fair dealing and friendship. The next wave of settlers followed his lead.

  5. Albemarle County Virginia. Albemarle County was created on 31 Dec. 1744 from the western portion of Goochland County and it was named for the Earl of Albemarle, titular governor of the colony from 1734 to 1754.

  6. The Albemarle Settlements were the first permanent English settlements in what is now North Carolina, founded in the Albemarle Sound and Roanoke River regions, beginning about the middle of the 17th century. The settlers were mainly Virginians, migrating south. Albemarle Settlement Region. History.